Unoccupy. Why Here and Why Now?

[geefloyd46]

Services can keep getting cut, homelessness can be pushed back under the rug where it belongs, crime can continue to go unchecked with a pay check for all concerned; and instead they allocate lots of dollars to observe a group of unlawful and unarmed campers who say things they don't want to hear. Mayors can continue to pay lip service for their love of the first amendment as they do everything they can to undermine it and they'll congratulate their "armed to the teeth" police forces for not bashing in the teeth of the unarmed electorate.

Full article:
http://laborspains.blogspot.com/2011/12/unoccupy-why-here-and-why-now.html

[Kaleko]

1. Zucotti Park empty, decorated for Christmas

but cordoned off with the yellow tape used for crime scenes and accidents. As lifeless as the 0.01 % will soon be.

Their brave new world order is collapsing around our ears as we speak.

[Uncle Joe]

2. A nice pictorial essay.

Thanks for the thread, geefloyd.